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Comentario de Karis

Well this + Cobra strikes sure will make a nice tandem that will allow the hunter to consistantly get 2% of their mana back every 8 seconds. Even without cobra strike, kill command will play a nice role in making sure you get your mana regen.

You do have to start to wonder, with what we are seeing with hunting party, this ability, and efficency that marks is getting....how LONG are these boss fights going to be? ;)

Comentario de spweasel

Just a reminder that this only procs on special attacks, not on normal attacks. Thus it does not combo with Cobra Reflexes, Ferocity, or Serpent's Swiftness.

Obviously, it will combo with Cobra Strikes and (to a lesser degree) Go For The Throat/Bestial Discipline.

Unfortunately, this talent was dropped to only 1% max mana, which means that it is impossible for this to return more than .8% of your mana per second (due to pets having their own 1.25 second Global Cooldown). This could conceivably lower the gap between your mana expenditures and your mana regeneration from Judgement of Wisdom (etc.).

In its current incarnation, however, it probably isn't worth losing DPS talents for it.

Edit: I've been led to believe that the pet GDC is actually 1.25 sec, not 1.5 sec. Updated accordingly.

Comentario de 2OfDiamonds

i think this will work brilliantly with cobra strikes because it specifically states its special attacks.

with decent gear critting wont be that hard, expect a very steady flow of '2%, 2%, 2%' unless a cooldown is added.

Comentario de Turtleshell

Unless they change kill command back it is no longer an attack that can crit.

Comentario de horz

I've tested this on a steady/auto rotation for several times, with cobra strikes:With both skilled: oom after 1:20 // without talent: oom after 1:05This is only 15 seconds longer with mana; its kinda crap.

Comentario de Interest

This talent is now (practically) useless because of the new aspect of the viper as well as the Kindred Spirits talent.

Comentario de draygourn

HMMM...in WOTLK

I believe pets will have more Special Attack besides Claw and Bite.esp. the one in the Pet Talent.

like, rabid, wolverine bite, etc etc

will that proc this (invigoration)?

Comentario de cucumberzr4chump

hey umm if this procs off EVERY crit given by a special ability doesnt that mean bears (with swipe and TS) will keep u full mana when grinding? cos last i checked ther was no limit on how many npcs could b effected by either of them

Comentario de cucumberzr4chump

also, it doesnt matter which way i fill in the BM tree, i can't find any way of fitting this in! Can someone show me a build that has this in it but doesnt get rid of anything crucial? only thing i can think of is mayb losing "Go for the Throat" in the MM tree but is that even worth it?

Comentario de Norbby

It is worth pointing out that this talent has no internal cooldown (that I can locate). Some testing today in Felwood showed that it can proc off multiple crits caused by the same special attack (ie, Thunderstomp), and by special attacks following each other (Claw followed by Thunderstomp).

This on pulls of 6-12 Deadwood Furbolgs was pumping out a hefty amount of mana each pull, with minimum downtime (ie none).

NOTE: At the time I ran this test, my hunter did not have the talent Cobra Strikes. I doubt having it inflicts an internal cooldown, but stranger things have happened.

Comentario de DarklingThrush

What I wonder is how this will work after Cataclysm? If the talent still exists, how much mana will it generate?

Comentario de Shoddythetroll

Invigoration still works in tandem with Cobra Strikes (as of 4.0.1 the talent gives Arcane shot hits have a 15% to cause pet basic attacks will 100% crit.) In the previous patch, Invigoration gives only 1% of total mana while this 4.0.1 version gives 6 focus. Personally speaking, I find this as a very good change as it's more beneficial by gaining 6 focus compared to 1% mana.

Looks like pet basic attacks (Bite, Claw, Smack) will be much more important in this current patch and beyond hopefully.

Comentario de lockdown1976

Good talent, pets crit quite often with talents. Worth 2/3's of a steady shot.